The research – led by the University of Bristol and the University of Cardiff, in close collaboration with the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) and UNICEF Uganda – first identified the socially-perceived necessities. These covered including health care and education, a social and family life, clean and safe drinking water, housing that is not squalid and overcrowded, adequate clothing, and regular meals with sufficient and nutritious food. First, sets of item specific to adults, children and households were developed from 60 focus group discussions commissioned by UNICEF Uganda and conducted in 2017 as part of development work associated with the Uganda National Household Survey (UNHS) module on consensual deprivation.
Child deprivation, Uganda, 2016/17
Child deprivation, Uganda, 2016/17
Child item | Essential % | Don't have, can't afford % |
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Own bed | 81% | 74% |
Two pairs of properly-fitting shoes | 79% | 71% |
Presents for children once a year on special occasions | 54% | 70% |
Own blanket | 85% | 66% |
Some new clothes | 70% | 63% |
Books at home for their age | 71% | 59% |
Three meals a day | 96% | 48% |
A desk and chair for homework | 55% | 45% |
Educational toys and games | 53% | 44% |
Bus/taxi fare or other transport | 68% | 41% |
To be able to participate in school trips | 69% | 38% |
All fees, uniforms of correct size and equipment | 88% | 34% |
A visit to the health facility when ill and all prescribed medication | 97% | 33% |
Toiletries to be able to wash every day | 93% | 29% |
Two sets of clothing | 94% | 17% |
Own room for children over 10 of different sexes | 76% | 17% |
Children suffering household deprivation, Uganda, 2016/17
Children suffering household deprivation, Uganda, 2016/17
Household item | Essential % | Don't have, can't afford % |
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To be able to make regular savings for emergencies | 92% | 59% |
Enough money to repair a leaking roof for main living quarters | 86% | 44% |
To be able to replace broken pots and pans for cooking | 84% | 41% |
Have your own means of transportation | 79% | 62% |
Enough money to repair or replace any worn-out furniture | 78% | 66% |
Enough money to repair or replace broken electrical goods | 56% | 66% |
'This will require deliberate efforts to move from measurement to action by integrating multidimensional child poverty targets in the national development plan, and ultimately revisit the balance between economic and social sector public investments to improve the quality of basic services.'
- Reduce maternal and child morbidity and mortality through: improving the health and nutritional status of mothers and children; increasing access to and utilisation of safe water; promoting sanitation and hygiene; controlling and minimising environmental conditions that negatively affect health-related outcomes; and harnessing non-health sector interventions that have an impact on maternal, new-born and child vulnerability and deaths so that children are healthy and can grow up in safe and clean environments,
- Provide equitable access to high-quality and child-friendly integrated early childhood development and education programmes and services to all children, supported by trained caregivers and teachers, to enable children to achieve appropriate developmental milestones.
- Ensure that all children are protected from different forms of abuse and that caregivers, teachers and other adults within the home and other institutions uphold children’s rights, including the right to participate.
- Foster the socioeconomic empowerment of families and communities so that they can better support children’s development
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